Catholic Answers LIVE
Catholic Answers Live, hosted by Cy Kellett, is a daily, two-hour radio program dedicated to Catholic apologetics and evangelization. According to listener surveys, it is a runaway favorite on Catholic stations across America.
As a call-in program, Catholic Answers Live connects listeners to prominent leaders in the Church today—including scholars, nuns, priests, bishops, and cardinals—and touches on every aspect of our lives as Christians. You'll hear discussions on just about everything relating to the Church: doctrinal controversies, family concerns, social issues, evangelization, ethics…you name it!
Catholic Answers Live airs every Monday through Friday from 6-8 PM Eastern (3-4 PM Pacific) on over 360 AM and FM stations in the United States, Sirius Satellite Radio channel 130, and through the Internet at catholic.com. If you can't listen live, you can subscribe to our podcast or download individual shows from our MP3 archive.
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Most Recent Episodes
Questions Covered:
06:58 – When do thoughts become mortal sin?
15:57 – If you die wearing a brown scapular, do your loved ones have to pray for you? Do you have to go to purgatory?
20:42 – I’m just now returning to the Catholic faith. I’m meeting with my priest tomorrow. How do I properly prepare? What should I expect? Send words of eternal life and secrets from heaven
32:13 – I was in line for confession and the priest stopped right before I got to go. What do I do at that point? Can I receive communion since my intention was there?
42:02 – Will parents be culpable for their children’s sin before they reached the age of reason?
47:01 – What are the miracles attributed to the Miraculous Medal? Is it Just superstition?
51:50 – What is the Church position on immigration law?
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Cy and Matthew discuss the Synod on Synodality, recognition of saints among Catholics and Orthodox and the results of the 2024 U.S. election.
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Questions Covered:
01:48 – What do you mean that it is ok to believe Adam and Eve are symbolic?
06:20 – What are the restrictions on Fridays? Does that include all animal products or just animal flesh?
10:22 – Why did God mandate Hosea to have relations with the prostitutes?
15:08 – Can we truly know if we are saved?
19:10 – I found a ring with the initials SMOTJ. I discovered it was the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem. What is it and is it Catholic?
22:30 – How do I respond to the claim that there is no evidence that the Deuterocanon was not included in the original canon of the Old Testament?
29:04 – Once you discover the talents that God has given you, how do you use them to the best of your abilities?
30:52 – Is polygamy acceptable in an apocalyptic situation?
37:12 – Why don’t Catholics baptize by immersion and in the name of Jesus?
43:40 – Do you have any speculation as to why the book Esther wasn’t found in the dead sea scrolls?
46:45 – When did the bread that Jesus had at the last supper turn into his body and blood?
50:17 – What are your thoughts on Dr Scott Hahn’s theory and book on the Fourth Cup?
52:36 – Is the Church’s definition of death, the separation of body and soul? Would Elijah resurrect a child in 1 Kings 17:17-24 back up this definition?
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Questions Covered:
01:48 – What do you mean that it is ok to believe Adam and Eve are symbolic?
06:20 – What are the restrictions on Fridays? Does that include all animal products or just animal flesh?
10:22 – Why did God mandate Hosea to have relations with the prostitutes?
15:08 – Can we truly know if we are saved?
19:10 – I found a ring with the initials SMOTJ. I discovered it was the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem. What is it and is it Catholic?
22:30 – How do I respond to the claim that there is no evidence that the Deuterocanon was not included in the original canon of the Old Testament?
29:04 – Once you discover the talents that God has given you, how do you use them to the best of your abilities?
30:52 – Is polygamy acceptable in an apocalyptic situation?
37:12 – Why don’t Catholics baptize by immersion and in the name of Jesus?
43:40 – Do you have any speculation as to why the book Esther wasn’t found in the dead sea scrolls?
46:45 – When did the bread that Jesus had at the last supper turn into his body and blood?
50:17 – What are your thoughts on Dr Scott Hahn’s theory and book on the Fourth Cup?
52:36 – Is the Church’s definition of death, the separation of body and soul? Would Elijah resurrect a child in 1 Kings 17:17-24 back up this definition?
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Questions Covered:
06:01 – John 14 Jesus says He is the way the truth and the life. How would this affect people who haven’t heard the message of Jesus?
08:35 – Why do some Catholics justify doing bad things in a civil marriage and later dismiss that former behavior saying it was not an issue because it wasn’t a valid marriage?
15:09 – Is it necessary to believe in historic Adam and Eve?
21:09 – Why does one need to be baptized to merit anything? How do you answer the atheist object of why would God send an unbaptized but otherwise good person to hell?
32:08 – Can you help me better understand Matthew 24?
45:29 – Why did God allow certain things in the old law like capital punishment?
52:50 – How is it not blasphemy to pray to the saints?
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